PA police chief suspended over profanity-laced 'libtard' videos

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Kristen Butler, UPI.com

Gilberton, Pennsylvania Police Chief Mark Kessler made several profanity-laced, anti-liberal YouTube videos in which he fired automatic weapons, in at least one case, at a target he named Nancy Pelosi. (Screenshot via Chief Mark Kessler)

The Pennsylvania police chief under fire for making profanity-laced YouTube videos showing him firing guns and berating "libtards" has been suspended for 30 days without pay.

Gilberton Borough Council voted 5-1 on Wednesday to suspend Mark Kessler for using "borough property for non-borough purposes without prior borough permission," referring to the weapons used in the videos, which Kessler had donated to the borough himself.

“[Expletive] all you libtards out there, as a matter of fact, read my shirt,” he said in one video, turning to show the back of his shirt, which read, "Liberals take it in the a--." In another video, he fired at a target he named Nancy Pelosi.

In another video, Kessler told those upset by the profanity to "go [expletive] yourself" as he fired automatic weapons belonging to the borough.

In a Facebook post which has since been deleted, Kessler called for all "true Americans," militia members and "oath keepers" to rebel against "a tyrannical county government," saying Democrats are the country's true enemy, and it's "time we clean these antiamerican thugs from office."

"This is exactly what a law enforcement officer should not be doing," Duffy said, adding that he now uses the videos as a teaching tool in his classes. "I could tell you he would never be working for me, that`s for certain."